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I emailed Robin Rose about his process and fee’s.

  • Florida-washington DC
  • MFA Florida State

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Guess how much a piece that is 16 feet by 16 feet in encaustics commissioned by IBM

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I was paid $85,000.00... That price did not include materials.

Because the paintings were so large, I had to hire an assistant and technical consultant.

Each painting was made up of 8 4' by 8' honeycomb aluminum panels aligned with linen.

The structural elements to hold the panels together ,industrial glue and fasteners were also included along with Beeswax,carnauba wax,Damar varnish and raw pigment.

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His advice/info he wanted me to share:

  • He has been working with wax since 1978 and now understand the process
  • When selling art come up with a set price and a price for materials. Make them pay for materials up front!

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Encaustic Project

Requirements:

  1. Visual representation of 3 nouns (realistic or abstract)
  2. Using more than one medium (wax + watercolor, oil paint, oil pastel, sharpie etc…)
  3. Apply a found object that applies to happy story (button, paperclip, tracing paper drawing, ribbon, doily, penny, movie stub, fabric, paper etc...)
  4. Photo Transfer/photoburnish
  5. Texture (visual or applied)

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Once finished, on a sheet of paper...

  1. Describe your process in creating your encaustic work (look back at your notes-at least a paragraph)
  2. Describe your 3 nouns and how you represented them in your artwork
  3. Did you meet all the requirements: found object, photoburnish, multiple mediums, texture, 3 nouns? (found object=dinosaur, mediums= watercolor, oil pastel etc….)